Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-01-06

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Jan 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
870 head
▼ 226 vs last sale 1,096▼ 286 vs year ago 1,156 · −24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground. Graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and Charlois steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.26/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$152.26
413 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$179
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3561157.55884102
Medium and Large 1-2706150.521,063311
One grade step is worth $7.03/cwt here — about −$179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale413 hd
152.26
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TN average8 barns · 1,911 hd
156.67
−4.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320177.91/cwt169.00–188.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385168.77/cwt158.00–179.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388173.43/cwt171.00–179.0067310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435176.00/cwt176.00–176.007666
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3436180.60/cwt179.00–181.0078716
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480170.09/cwt170.00–171.0081611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484178.75/cwt174.00–179.0086527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533168.51/cwt168.00–170.0089823
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535139.00/cwt139.00–139.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3563152.84/cwt152.00–153.0086025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582155.22/cwt148.00–157.0090335
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3646146.00/cwt146.00–146.0094316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660147.91/cwt144.00–148.2597671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675138.06/cwt136.00–144.009324
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3768141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,08712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780141.08/cwt137.00–141.501,10087
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3805131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0551
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3850132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,2221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930141.90/cwt133.00–144.751,32059
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260139.00/cwt139.00–139.003615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323138.00/cwt138.00–138.004469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350139.00/cwt139.00–139.004871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383130.30/cwt127.00–137.0049912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3422133.88/cwt119.00–141.0056517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433141.68/cwt136.00–143.0061320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480136.83/cwt135.00–137.5065715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485141.74/cwt140.00–142.0068730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526138.86/cwt138.00–139.0073028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557128.27/cwt120.00–129.0071426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581136.31/cwt130.00–137.0079240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641133.00/cwt133.00–133.008539
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661130.80/cwt124.00–131.5086560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3747117.00/cwt117.00–117.008746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780120.04/cwt120.00–120.5093625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3885107.00/cwt107.00–107.009471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900106.00/cwt106.00–106.009541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-390595.00/cwt95.00–95.008601

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.